Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COMMONWEALTH ELECTORAL ACT 1918 - SECT 32

Divisional Returning Officers

(1) There shall be a Divisional Returning Officer for each Division, who
shall be charged with the duty of giving effect to this Act within or for the
Division subject to the directions of the Electoral Commissioner and the
Australian Electoral Officer for the State or, if the Division is, or is part
of, the Australian Capital Territory, the directions of the Electoral
Commissioner.

(2) A Divisional Returning Officer for a Division may, subject to any
directions given by the Electoral Commissioner and, if the Division is part of
a State, the Australian Electoral Officer for the State, give written
directions to officers with respect to the performance of their functions and
the exercise of their powers under this Act in, or in relation to, the
Division.